’A Brilliant Fighting Spirit’

Just days before the end of Second World War, the last Victoria Cross of the conflict was earned during a fighter sweep over Japan as Andrew Thomas explains.

Canadian Warplane Heritage FG-1D Corsair aircraft, painted in the markings of the aircraft flown by Lt. Robert Hampton Gray during his VC action. (VIA DAVE O’MALLEY) ed

SECOND WORLD WAR | AIR WAR OVER JAPAN

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